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Videogames versus the real world

30 comparisons that prove how brazenly bizarre and weirdly wonderful our hobby can be

Words: Charlie Barratt, GamesRadar US

 


 

 


 

 


 

 


 

 


 

 


 

 


 

 


 


 

 


Got a match-up you think is equally ludicrous or enlightening?
Suggest it in the comments section below!

Feb 18, 2009


65 real world things that look like Pac-Man
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Fallout 3 vs. Reality: Photo Comparison
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The rise, fall and deafening crash of Sonic the Hedgehog
A teary-eyed examination of gaming's greatest casualty


 
162 Comments
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BluePikmin  - 9 months 12 days ago 
First, This is awesome video games FTW
Darthkeyblader13  - 9 months 12 days ago 
Hey Sonic could totally own anything
RonnyLive19881  - 9 months 12 days ago 
The picture of the Alien and the nuclear Fallout was kind of unnerving... Awesome!
zymn  - 9 months 12 days ago 
wow, the real world doesn't stand a chance. we might as well just live in a giant virtual reality machine...
zombieddeath  - 9 months 12 days ago 
sonic sucks....period.....just look at the last 12 games...
Jax  - 9 months 12 days ago 
The Darkness one was funny, great article, when are you going to run out of great ideas? I hope not soon.
FrozenImplosion  - 9 months 12 days ago 
Great article, keep up the great work :D
SuperBadnik  - 9 months 12 days ago 
Lol, archaeology! Lara Croft easily owns!
I would argue Sonic is better than real life hedgehogs, but that Hedgehog on the right is so dam cute :p
X3ni92  - 9 months 12 days ago 
Agreed, 100% (espically with the hedgehog)
skelt  - 9 months 12 days ago 
I'm gonna have to say real life toads are cooler than toad. Maybe that's just me.

Also, in general, physics in real life really suck compared to videogame physics.
Wave360  - 9 months 12 days ago 
I think games win
Gahmah  - 9 months 12 days ago 
Miles per Gallon... in vidyagames, you can juast jurive and jurive
kingpin202  - 9 months 12 days ago 
Maybe old Sonic would of had another win for videogames, but they just aren't what they use to be anymore. =(

I want old Sonic Back!
tommat93  - 9 months 12 days ago 
Hey now! Sonic himself is alright, he just ends up in the wrong situation; usually poorly made, repetitive, boring situations.
schmeidenkamp  - 9 months 12 days ago 
Robots:
Videogames: Pose threat to human life, or will kick ass on your team
Real Life: Vacuum your house
AnonymouZ  - 9 months 12 days ago 
and i'm gonna have to say skeletons in real life look better. compared to those pics charlie put here. There's perfectly good skelleton pictures from oblivion... but who am i to tell.

What else in videogames owns vs real life?

BOSSES

Little brothers

Swimsuits (xtreme volleyball swimsuits)

LIFE (as in sim life, vs real life, think about it, you get laid whenever you want, eat and sleep as much as you want and then you don't have to even see or remember what you did at WORK)

CARS (aside from real life prototypes)

and that's that.

good job charlie charles... you guys keep the ROFLing going.
BeefSupreme  - 9 months 12 days ago 
Two points of contention.
Real street fights are awesome, especially in front of bars with the fighters respective girlfriends screaming at them to stop fighting before the cops show up. Street Fighter the video-games: pretty much button-mashing. Street fighting reality: fighting because you thought someone call you a douche when they didn't.
Dog The Bounty is way more interesting to watch then Samus. Does Samus have Deb or other loser relatives to help her hunt down criminals? Does Samus use paintball guns and a GMC Denalli to hunt down her bounties? NO!
Nin10DOH  - 9 months 12 days ago 
haha sonic=epic fail
Avsareone  - 9 months 12 days ago 
Yes Sonic doesn't even look like a hedgehog, they look ferocious.
RooringRA  - 9 months 12 days ago 
Can dog the Bounty hunter shoot lasers out of his hands? NO! does dog wear a mega suit that protects him from Aliens? NO! is dog a hot sexy girl? NO!
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